David Neustein
@dneus.bsky.social
Hi! I’m a designer and writer working on Gadi land (Sydney, Australia.) I co-run an architectural practice called Other Architects and I’m The Monthly’s architecture critic.
This nuanced and extraordinarily beautiful riverside gathering space by Openwork with Wurundjeri Elders for Heide Museum of Modern Art was one of the revelatory experiences of my 2025.
Coincidentally, in the same year that the Reeds arrived at Heide, record floods deposited indigenous seeds from undisturbed tracts upstream. The seeds lodged in the river’s inundated banks and slowly bade their time among the foreign tree roots. mnth.ly/6G5Z2D8
Down to the waterline: Yaluk Langa at Heide museum
Landscape rehabilitation on the Yarra riverbank has united exotic and endemic species in a thoughtfully modern reflection of Country
mnth.ly
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This nuanced and extraordinarily beautiful riverside gathering space by Openwork with Wurundjeri Elders for Heide Museum of Modern Art was one of the revelatory experiences of my 2025.
A rare instance of @lhsyd.bsky.social and me both covering the same building.
Here’s my review of Gehry’s UTS building to sit alongside her elegant piece.
www.themonthly.com.au/march-2015/a...
Here’s my review of Gehry’s UTS building to sit alongside her elegant piece.
www.themonthly.com.au/march-2015/a...
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A rare instance of @lhsyd.bsky.social and me both covering the same building.
Here’s my review of Gehry’s UTS building to sit alongside her elegant piece.
www.themonthly.com.au/march-2015/a...
Here’s my review of Gehry’s UTS building to sit alongside her elegant piece.
www.themonthly.com.au/march-2015/a...
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Within the museum’s grounds is a huge, gnarled red gum tree named Yingabeal that predates the nearby buildings by at least 250 years.
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Down to the waterline: Yaluk Langa at Heide museum
Landscape rehabilitation on the Yarra riverbank has united exotic and endemic species in a thoughtfully modern reflection of Country
mnth.ly
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Within the museum’s grounds is a huge, gnarled red gum tree named Yingabeal that predates the nearby buildings by at least 250 years.
mnth.ly/A2UY56m
mnth.ly/A2UY56m
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Landscape rehabilitation on the Yarra riverbank has united exotic and endemic species in a thoughtfully modern reflection of Country | David Neustein
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Down to the waterline: Yaluk Langa at Heide museum
Landscape rehabilitation on the Yarra riverbank has united exotic and endemic species in a thoughtfully modern reflection of Country
mnth.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Landscape rehabilitation on the Yarra riverbank has united exotic and endemic species in a thoughtfully modern reflection of Country | David Neustein
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mnth.ly/VrNTycC
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The book details how Grounds was introduced to compact apartment planning in London; tested these ideas on his holiday shack at Mount Eliza, on the Mornington Peninsula; and then developed a design repertoire for everything from floor plans to furnishings.
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Grounds zero: Tony Lee’s ‘Roy Grounds: Experiments in Minimum Living’
Might the acclaimed architect’s compact apartment buildings in 1940s Melbourne be a model for addressing housing problems with single-occupancy dwellings?
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October 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The book details how Grounds was introduced to compact apartment planning in London; tested these ideas on his holiday shack at Mount Eliza, on the Mornington Peninsula; and then developed a design repertoire for everything from floor plans to furnishings.
mnth.ly/l4fzf2W
mnth.ly/l4fzf2W
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Imagine if the housing target was set not at 1.2 million dwellings, but 1.2 million single-occupant dwellings, with the generosity and amenity of Grounds’ designs?
mnth.ly/NqigPTw
mnth.ly/NqigPTw
Grounds zero: Tony Lee’s ‘Roy Grounds: Experiments in Minimum Living’
Might the acclaimed architect’s compact apartment buildings in 1940s Melbourne be a model for addressing housing problems with single-occupancy dwellings?
mnth.ly
September 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Imagine if the housing target was set not at 1.2 million dwellings, but 1.2 million single-occupant dwellings, with the generosity and amenity of Grounds’ designs?
mnth.ly/NqigPTw
mnth.ly/NqigPTw
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Many of Grounds’ apartments were equipped with shared lockers and laundries, built-in furniture and fittings, loose furniture and curtains, and even custom bedding, crockery and utensils.
mnth.ly/LJyMpGf
mnth.ly/LJyMpGf
Grounds zero: Tony Lee’s ‘Roy Grounds: Experiments in Minimum Living’
Might the acclaimed architect’s compact apartment buildings in 1940s Melbourne be a model for addressing housing problems with single-occupancy dwellings?
mnth.ly
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Many of Grounds’ apartments were equipped with shared lockers and laundries, built-in furniture and fittings, loose furniture and curtains, and even custom bedding, crockery and utensils.
mnth.ly/LJyMpGf
mnth.ly/LJyMpGf
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David Neustein on Belgian design firm Stand Van Zaken, which “designs temporary installations that take on the appearance of permanent objects (such as street lamps and exhaust vents), and makes permanent structures look as if they were instantaneous.”
Refit for purpose: Stand Van Zaken
Arising from Covid lockdown life on a derelict family farm, a Belgian design collective delivers playful work with as-found spaces and off-the-shelf materials
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May 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
David Neustein on Belgian design firm Stand Van Zaken, which “designs temporary installations that take on the appearance of permanent objects (such as street lamps and exhaust vents), and makes permanent structures look as if they were instantaneous.”